Things you can do for your EARTH on "EARTH DAY" and beyond!

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With Earth Day fast appoaching, we really need to pay close attention to what is happening around us. Our planet is in dire need of help. One person can make a difference if you only try.

Serious issues with our planet!

   1) Wildlife Extinction ~ 25% of our wildlife is threaten to be extict, 1 in 4! Again, what are we leaving our childrens children? Not to leave out the lasting effect on humans. (We ALL have a purpose, there MUST be a balance). Many people fail to realize just how interconnected all species on this planet really are.

   2) Deforestation of the Rain Forest ~ Between May 2000 and August 2006, Brazil lost nearly 150,000 square kilometers of forest and since 1970, over 232,000 square miles of Amazon rainforest have been destroyed.

-- Tropical forests regulate global and regional climate-systems by acting as heat and water pumps. They release moisture into the atmosphere which returns to the ground as rain.

-- Scientists now say that the rainforest ecosystem in the Brazilian Amazon is a net absorber of carbone dioxide, and helps to protect the earth against the greenhouse effect.

-- Tropical forests cover only twelve percent of the land-area of the Earth, yet they are home to between 50 and 90 percent of the world's species.

-- Rainforests are a vital source of medicines. Today, less than 1 percent of the worlds tropical forest plants have been tested for pharmaceutical properties, yet a quarter of all modern medicines came originally from rainforests.

-- Rainforests also offer a bounty of foods. Foods that we use today which originated in rainforests include coffee, cocoa, many fruits and nuts, spices, rice, and other products such as rubber, gums, resins, dyes, tannins and cane. Of an estimated 75,000 edible plants found in nature, only 150 enter world commerce and only 20 (mostly domesticated cereals) stand between human society and starvation.

   3) Polar Sea Ice Loss ~ Scientific American warns that “human fingerprints have been detected” on both the Arctic and Antarctic regions.

   4) Decreasing fish Stock ~ Per the World Resource Institute  ~ Millions of people across the world depend upon fish as a major staple in their diet. Fish are an important element of the human food supply, and fishing is an important factor in global employment. Current harvest trends and fishery conditions put both of these at risk.

   5) Over Population ~ As our population and needs grow, we are leaving less and less room for wildlife. It took nearly all of human history – from the first days of man on earth until the early 1800’s – to reach a global population of 1 billion. In just 200 years, we’ve managed to reach 6.5 billion.

It is so very important to do the RIGHT THINGS NOW!

Here are a few action that you can take to do your part:

• Turn down the heat 
• Carpooling 
• Travel ecologically 
• Avoid using standby settings on your electronics
• Buy reusable, recycle, avoid plastic bags 
• Print on both sides of paper
• Do something to protect of Rainforest 
• Do something, anything to protect our exotic (wildlife) animals 
• Don't leave water running 
• Ride a bike (going to your local store, do you work close to home) 
• Collect old battery 
• Care for our water supply

 Green your Home

Pay attention to the way you consume - Everything you buy, eat and use has come from the EARTH. Be aware of how, when, where and what you do with them!

Not sure what you can do ~  50 Ways to Save the Earth by Anne Jankeliowitch & Philippe Bourseiller